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Word Person | BFA winner | Best of British SciFi '19, '20 & '23 | THE QUEEN OF THE HIGH FIELDS (Luna Press) | HOME SICK (2026, Solaris) | She/Her | https://rhiannongrist.com

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Rhiannon Grist | Preorder HOME SICK 🪓🐑 @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 12d
After a violent incident at work, Tamsin makes a fresh start in a cottage far from her old life. But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall between her & a total stranger.

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Goodreads: tinyurl.com/3mdv69dp
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The cover for HOME SICK on a gradient pink background with half a sheep's head. The cover features two sheep heads looking to the viewer, one with black shark-like eyes. The title of the book is in a pointed, thick font, swirling and dominant. Around the book text reads "This house isn't haunted. She is."
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aknighton.bsky.social
Together, they fight crime.
sardonicus.eu Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2h
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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lyndseycroal.bsky.social
Spotted this feature post from Kirkus about SF reads of droids and humans, which has a lovely shout out for Limelight and Other Stories! Available for all your cathartic dark tech reading needs from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social! 🤖✨ 👇 www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...
In Limelight and Other Stories, author Lyndsey Croal imagines the many roles automata might play in a distant future. Our reviewer says, “When artificial intelligence, cyborgs, and robots overstep the operating parameters set by their human users, the results may be beneficial—or sinister.” In one tale, “Patchwork Girls,” an android built to be a movie star endures on-set violence and murder (she’s merely repaired after a body-damaging scene, à la Westworld), and her ability to feel no pain may be on the blink (“Maybe she’s dying for real this time. Maybe this is the end. There is some relief in that”). Our reviewer says, “Croal’s prose is smooth as touch-screen glass and does not submerge readers in abstruse science or techno-jargon; still, genre fans must be quick on the uptake to recognize virtual reality, cryogenics, and other SF concepts. This collection commendably addresses deep emotions in addition to apocalyptic shocks and awe.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Some early reactions to the HOME SICK cover reveal.

Thanks everyone for the warm reception! I can't wait to share this unhinged cottagegore nightmare with you all 🪓🐑

HOME SICK
14 July 2026
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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drfionamoore.bsky.social
Louder for people in the back: the court rules trans women are not prevented from using women's spaces. Also your weekly reminder from a business school professor that trans status is still a protected category under the Equalities Act (2010).
iainjclarkart.com Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 1d
The kind of judgement the media could easily trumpet as "TRANS WOMEN ARE NOT PREVENTED FROM USING WOMEN'S SPACES, COURT RULES."

But instead they lead with the complainant (regarded by the Tribunal as an unreliable witness) winning some procedural issues against her employer.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.

She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Some early reactions to the HOME SICK cover reveal.

Thanks everyone for the warm reception! I can't wait to share this unhinged cottagegore nightmare with you all 🪓🐑

HOME SICK
14 July 2026
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Tree looking extra sparkly in the low winter sun this morning
A photo of a Christmas tree in a pine green living room. A shaft of sunlight is hitting it directly from the side from where the sun is just peeking over Arthur's Seat. Various gold baubles, tiny bells, red glittery ornaments sparkle in the light.
December 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Reminder: don't repost horrible takes!

Not even to dunk on them. Your dunk is not that funny and you're just spreading shit.

If you consistently repost horrible takes, I will mute you. I stg if I see one more Daily Mail screengrab on here I will start blocking with impunity.
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Editing update: I have reached the 'I hate everything' stage of copyediting.
a penguin is sitting on a messy table holding a piece of chocolate .
Alt: Pingu the penguin angrily slaps glitter and a loveheart on a card. It is an expression of spiteful creation that I very much feel in my bones.
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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libbybrooks.bsky.social
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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schweizercomics.bsky.social
Got the PDF of CARVED IN STONE: A STORYTELLER'S GUIDE TO THE PICTS; immediately got me looking for some of the folks behind its lovely illustrations. A few on BSKY:
@anineillustration.com
@jagalart.bsky.social
@elemei.bsky.social
@queerwizard.co.uk
@mortiscausa.bsky.social
@toadlett.bsky.social
Beautiful cutaway illustration by Letty Wilson
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
I spy HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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kristiedegaris.bsky.social
4/

And the slow, unglamorous discipline of showing up for myself again and again.

The truth is, ‘nature cure’ isn’t applied evenly. It’s disproportionately placed onto women’s efforts, insight, and recovery.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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kristiedegaris.bsky.social
3/

What changed my life was hard work, tough decisions, and medication. Years of therapy. Painful realisations and reckonings. Sobriety. Unpicking the conditioning I’d inherited around parenting, and then doing better. Bupropion. Methylphenidate.
December 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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kristiedegaris.bsky.social
Thread

1/

Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?

The answer is simple.

#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
A woman sits on a low pile of rough grey stones in a grassy Highland landscape. She has short dark hair with a streak of white at the front and wears a black long-sleeved top, blue jeans, and brown hiking boots. One hand rests on her knee and the other on the stones beside her. Behind her are rolling hills, patches of trees, and steep, rocky slopes. The light is bright, and the scene looks calm and windswept. Photograph by Christie Hemm Klok
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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haileypiperfights.bsky.social
Grateful as with every year that Emily takes the time to do this, and I'm as excited seeing my books in here as for all the books I'm eager to read 🤩

I have a third release next year that isn't in here yet. Hopefully it will be announced early 2026 so I can finally talk about it, but: 🐰🛸🪞🥵🔪
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
As we've had a lot of new followers join us recently, we thought now would be a good time to reshare our bumper Starter Pack of superb Solaris Authors!

Everyone that we can find on BlueSky, all in one place, to light up your feed with feline shenanigans, strong opinions on jam & of course - BOOKS!
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
I spy HOME SICK 👀🪓🐑
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
readjumpscares.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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bingewriting.bsky.social
Hey DISSOLUTION is a Kobo best SF book of 2025. Fun!
December 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
Officially vouching for this. Imagine if custard was a spongecake. Good to have at parties. Makes a great breakfast sweet treat, too.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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megbontra.bsky.social
SO excited to be able to share the US cover of THE SEA HIDES ITS DEAD! Coming July 2026, from @orbitbooks.bsky.social

Trapped in an underwater cave, a group of academics searching for the cult of the mythical Leviathan learn that the only way out of her ever-changing cloister… is further in. 👀🌊🔪
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
I wrote a thing! Over with the fab @scifinow.bsky.social crew!

About our relationship with the sea, some splendid books which explore that, and some of my, ahem, Opinions...
🖤🌊🖤

@solarisbooks.bsky.social
www.scifinow.co.uk/books/gazing...
Gazing into the abyss – Ten SFF books that dive into the ocean and our relationship with it
Author Lorraine Wilson runs down 10 SFF books that tackle head-on our connection with and responsibilities toward the ocean.
www.scifinow.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
The original short film is just seven minutes long and is perfectly unnerving.

I'm not sure how you adapt this into a feature film. But no matter what, the great original will be there. Worth a watch!
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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aliettedebodard.com
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!

awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Cover of the House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard: a banyan tree with grey heraldry showing Notre Dame bisected by a sword The text above reads "Enter a Ruined Paris", and below "March 10, 2026" Cover of The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard: a dragon wrapped around grey heraldry showing a crowned hawthorn tree. The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "Ruled by Fallen Angels..." and "March 10, 2026" Cover of The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard: a tiger in flames wrapped around grey heraldry showing a hawk above a tower The background is blue with spatters of grungy black The text reads "And Dragons of the depths", "March 10, 2026" Covers of all three books, The House of Shattered Wings (banyan tree and Notre Dame), The House of Binding Thorns (eastern dragon and crowned hawthorn tree), The House of Sundering Flames (tiger in flames and hawk over tower) The text reads "Read the Complete Trilogy", "Available in Ebook and Trade Paperback March 10, 2026"
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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rhiannonagrist.bsky.social
HOME SICK news is on the horizon, but I can't say more than that yet 🤐

Till then, here's another sneak peek of what you'll find on the back cover:
A moody pink graphic featuring the shark-eyed sheep from the cover of HOME SICK. Over the top the text reads: “The symmetry should have tipped me off.” After a violent incident at work, Tamsin goes looking for a fresh start in a remote cottage far away from her old life. Here she could make real friends, find a job she loves, become a whole new person, even. But the solitary cottage is actually a semi-detached, with only a thin wall separating her from a total stranger. Her neighbour is an enigma. Dowdy one moment, vivacious the next, but always wearing an unnerving smile. Tamsin can’t shake the feeling that there’s something wrong with her, especially when she starts experiencing disturbances in her own home. As the locals share strange stories about her house, and her barely contained paranoia spirals out of control, Tamsin begins to suspect that the past she was so desperate to escape might never let her go.
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM